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I. Cutting-edge Service (1) : WiBro
Broadband Access on the Move fast, seamless and affordable
Low Price
Flat+Measured Rate
High Speed
30 Mbps
Mobility
120 km/h
Growth of DMB users
(10,000) 1,000 500 200
T - DMB S - DMB
140
120
96.9
80
48.9
40 7.6
0
05.6 05.12 06.3
1,369 560.8
07.4 08.6
T-DMB can be a very efficient disaster warning system against typhoon and tsunami
Radio/TV Studio

T- DMB Broadcasting Station
DMB Transmitter
Wireless Mobile Network
Warning Control System
Disaster related information collecting center
Receiver
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I. Broadband Applications : e-Government/e-Commerce
e - Government
e - Commerce
Total transaction volume of e-Commerce : 51561.75btirlililioonndWoollanr(’07e)
Current status of Overseas deployment
DMB Service
Country
service
KOREA, CHINA(Beijing), GERMANY
Pilot service
France, Germany, China, Italy, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, Netherland, Vatican, U.K, South Africa
Asia Pacific
South •TVA America •Omnivision
WiBro Service
Country
Provided
Korea ( KT/SKT)ㆍ Venezuela
To be Provided To be considered
Indonesia, Malaysia, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, USA Uzbekistan
Overseas Deployment
Europe •BT •Telecom Italia •Portus •FT
Middle East •Etisalat •Bayana
Africa
•Altech
North •Sprint Nextel America •Arialink
•Neupara
KDDI
KT/SKT
40.1M.
43.4M.
( 89.8 %)
5,699T.
(13.1%)
116T.
(0.4%)
’02
’06
’07
Mobile Subscribers ( 3G subscriber )
Key Success Factors
Ideal Test-bed
Densely populated residential areas Large IT consumer Base - Technology savvy consumers Active technical innovation
Government
Strategic investment for infrastructures Education on Internet usage Policy to promote competition
Private Sector
Aggressive marketing for more subscribers Low and flat subscription tariffs Many online content and game providers
cf. world: US $7Trillion(’07, OECD)
TIA January 29, 2009
ICT Development in Korea
YOUNG K. NOH IT Counselor Korean Embassy
Contents
Status of ICT Korea Broadcasting and Telecommunications Convergence Lessons from ICT Development
Uzbekistan
New Zealand, Norway, Great Britain, Singapore
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I. Cutting-edge Service (2) : DMB
World’s smallest TV - TV in my hand -
S- DMB Commercial Service (’05. 5) T- DMB Commercial Service (’05.12)
Adopted Int. Standard (IEEE802.16e) (’05.12) KT, SKT launched commercial Service (’06. 6. 30)
WiBro Speed improvement: 50~80Mbps (’07)
Adopted as the international standard(itu) (’07.10) Wibro VoIP demonstration (’08. 6 OECD ICT Ministerial Meeting)
I. Status of ICT Korea
10.4 M.
(69%)
14.7 M.
(90.8%)
26 M.
(59.4%)
34 M.
(76.3%)
’02
’07
Broadband Subscribers
(% of household)
’02
’07
Internet User
32.34M.
(67.9 %)